Polymorphisms in folate metabolizing enzymes and transport proteins and the risk of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 585-593

  Kotsopoulos, Joanne ^a   Zhang, William W ^a   Zhang, Shiyu ^a   McCready, David ^b   Trudeau, Maureen ^c   Zhang, Phil ^a   Sun, Ping ^a   Narod, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Folate; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; DNA; FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK;

EID: 56549088418     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-9895-6     Document Type: Article

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